Just before our love got lost you said,
"I am as constant as a northern star."
And I said, "Constantly in the darkness

Where's that at?
If you want me I'll be in the bar."
On the back of a cartoon coaster

In the blue TV screen light
I drew a map of Canada
Oh Canada

With your face sketched on it twice
Oh, you're in my blood like holy wine
You taste so bitter and so sweet

Oh I could drink a case of you, darling
And I would still be on my feet
Oh I would still be on my feet


Oh I am a lonely painter
I live in a box of paints

I'm frightened by the devil
And I'm drawn to those ones that ain't afraid
I remember that time you told me, you said,

"Love is touching souls"
Surely you touched mine
'Cause part of you pours out of me

In these lines from time to time
Oh, you're in my blood like holy wine
You taste so bitter and so sweet

Oh I could drink a case of you, darling
Still, I'd be on my feet
I would still be on my feet


I met a woman
She had a mouth like yours

She knew your life
She knew your devils and your deeds
And she said,

"Go to him, stay with him if you can
But be prepared to bleed"
Oh but you are in my blood

You're my holy wine
You're so bitter, bitter and so sweet
Oh, I could drink a case of you, darling

Still I'd be on my feet
I would still be on my feet